Image: Todd Blanche before a Senate judiciary committee hearing on his nomination to be attorney general in July. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Joseph Gedeon of The Guardian reports: “Todd Blanche has been sworn as US attorney general, cementing Donald Trump’s installation of his former personal attorney in charge of the Department of Justice.

Blanche, who has been serving as acting attorney general since April, was confirmed in his new position during a ceremony at the White House on Monday. The 52-year-old is the second Senate-confirmed attorney general of Trump’s second term, after Pam Bondi, who was ousted earlier this year.

He previously served as Trump’s personal criminal defense lawyer, representing him in the New York hush-money case and other criminal matters, before joining the administration as deputy attorney general in early 2025…”

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